Biathlon World Championships 2017

The 49th Biathlon World Championships was held from 9 to 19 February 2017 in Hochfilzen, Austria.[1] There were a total of 11 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women, and mixed relay. All the events during this championships also count for the Biathlon World Cup season.

Host selection

The second candidate city was Östersund, Sweden. Hochfilzen was selected as the host city on September 2 2012 during the X IBU Congress in Merano, Italy (27 to 20 votes). This will be fourth time when World Championships will be held in Hochfilzen; the city had previously hosted the event in 1978, 1998 and 2005.

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).[2]

Date Time Event
9 February14:452 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km Mixed Relay
10 February14:45Women's 7.5 km Sprint
11 February14:45Men's 10 km Sprint
12 February10:30Women's 10 km Pursuit
14:45Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
15 February14:30Women's 15 km Individual
16 February14:30Men's 20 km Individual
17 February14:45Women's 4 × 6 km Relay
18 February14:45Men's 4 × 7.5 km Relay
19 February11:30Women's 12.5 km Mass Start
14:45Men's 15 km Mass Start

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)7108
2 France (FRA)1247
3 Czech Republic (CZE)1214
4 United States (USA)1102
5 Russia (RUS)1012
6 Norway (NOR)0314
7 Belarus (BLR)0101
 Ukraine (UKR)0101
9 Austria (AUT)0022
10 Finland (FIN)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (11 nations)11111133

Top athletes

All athletes with two or more medals.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Laura Dahlmeier (GER)5106
2 Simon Schempp (GER)2002
 Vanessa Hinz (GER)2002
4 Martin Fourcade (FRA)1225
5 Gabriela Koukalová (CZE)1113
6 Anton Shipulin (RUS)1012
7 Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR)0303
8 Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)0202
9 Anaïs Chevalier (FRA)0123
10 Marie Dorin Habert (FRA)0112
11 Simon Eder (AUT)0022

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
20 km Individual[3]
 Lowell Bailey
 United States		48:07.4
(0+0+0+0)		 Ondřej Moravec
 Czech Republic		48:10.7
(0+0+0+0)		 Martin Fourcade
 France		48:28.6
(1+0+1+0)
10 km Sprint[4]
 Benedikt Doll
 Germany		23:27.4
(0+0)		 Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Norway		23:28.1
(0+0)		 Martin Fourcade
 France		23:50.5
(1+1)
12.5 km Pursuit[5]
 Martin Fourcade
 France		30:16.9
(0+0+0+1)		 Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Norway		30:39.7
(1+1+1+0)		 Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Norway		30:42.5
(0+0+0+1)
15 km Mass Start[6]
 Simon Schempp
 Germany		35:38.3
(0+0+0+0)		 Johannes Thingnes Bø
 Norway		35:47.3
(0+0+0+1)		 Simon Eder
 Austria		35:48.4
(0+0+0+0)
4 × 7.5 km Relay[7]
  Russia
Alexey Volkov
Maxim Tsvetkov
Anton Babikov
Anton Shipulin		1:14:15.0
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+1)		  France
Jean Guillaume Beatrix
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Simon Desthieux
Martin Fourcade		1:14:20.8
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+3) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)		  Austria
Daniel Mesotitsch
Julian Eberhard
Simon Eder
Dominik Landertinger		1:14:35.1
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+2) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+1)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 km Individual[8]
 Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany		41:30.1
(1+0+0+0)		 Gabriela Koukalová
 Czech Republic		41:54.8
(1+0+0+0)		 Alexia Runggaldier
 Italy		43:15.7
(0+0+0+0)
7.5 km Sprint[9]
 Gabriela Koukalová
 Czech Republic		19:12.6
(0+0)		 Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany		19:16.6
(0+0)		 Anaïs Chevalier
 France		19:37.7
(0+0)
10 km Pursuit[10]
 Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany		28:02.3
(1+0+0+0)		 Darya Domracheva
 Belarus		28:13.9
(0+0+0+0)		 Gabriela Koukalová
 Czech Republic		28:18.9
(2+0+1+0)
12.5 km Mass Start[11]
 Laura Dahlmeier
 Germany		33:13.8
(0+0+0+0)		 Susan Dunklee
 United States		33:18.4
(0+0+0+0)		 Kaisa Mäkäräinen
 Finland		33:33.9
(1+0+0+0)
4 × 6 km Relay[12]
  Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Maren Hammerschmidt
Franziska Hildebrand
Laura Dahlmeier		1:11:16.6
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+3)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+2)		  Ukraine
Iryna Varvynets
Yuliia Dzhima
Anastasiya Merkushyna
Olena Pidhrushna		1:11:23.0
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)		  France
Anaïs Chevalier
Célia Aymonier
Justine Braisaz
Marie Dorin Habert		1:11:24.7
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+3)
(0+3) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)

Mixed

Event Gold Silver Bronze
2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km Relay[13]
  Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Laura Dahlmeier
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp		1:09:06.4
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+2) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+1)		  France
Anaïs Chevalier
Marie Dorin Habert
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Martin Fourcade		1:09:08.6
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+1) (1+3)
(0+0) (0+0)		  Russia
Olga Podchufarova
Tatiana Akimova
Alexandr Loginov
Anton Shipulin		1:09:09.6
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+3)
(0+0) (0+0)

References

  1. ↑ "Oslo and Hochfilzen Selected as World Championship Host". biathlonworld.com. September 2, 2012. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012.
  2. ↑ Schedule
  3. ↑ Men's individual results
  4. ↑ Men's sprint results
  5. ↑ Men's pursuit results
  6. ↑ Men's mass start results
  7. ↑ Men's relay results
  8. ↑ Women's individual results
  9. ↑ Women's sprint results
  10. ↑ Women's pursuit results
  11. ↑ Women's mass start results
  12. ↑ Women's relay results
  13. ↑ Mixed relay results
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